Being someone who’s one year away from being shot into the real world at high speed, I have a pretty good memory in regards to my schooling.  And let me know if you noticed the same thing about education in America once you got older and learned what was actually required of you.  Doesn’t it seem more like social training than education? Continue Reading

Cows are butchered less than this cop’s rendition of the national anthem.

Let’s first discuss the above video.  Wearing the camo face net and using the creepy, serial killer voice distortion really doesn’t do any justice to your message.  Even if you were speaking the complete truth, people would still take you as some whacko with  a gun rather than a concerned citizen who’s trying to help stop something catastrophic.  While the idea of the militia is noble in theory, there always seems to be the trend in modern times for the kind of people who join or start militias to be some overly paranoid conspiracy theorist.  Of course, that makes sense.  Someone who completely believes in things like the Anti-Christ or New World Order won’t just live day-to-day in a constant state of fear and suspicion.  No, they’ll prepare for the worst case scenario–like Blues Traveler singer, John Popper. Continue Reading

For the love of humanity, what is with all the shootings?  Is this what a severe recession is?  The economic woes certainly play a role, but it’s troubling that such senseless violence is occurring so frequently when this financial crisis is still unfolding.  If we look at the murder rates from 1929-1933 (the beginning and height of the Great Depression) we see a rise from 8.4 in 1929 to 9.7 in 1933, after which it steadily declined. Continue Reading